Hilma af Klint

The Ten Largest (1907)

The Ten Largest (1907) on view at the Guggenheim in 2018

  • completed in 1907
  • 10 massive paintings representing stages in life: childhood to adulthood to old age
  • painted on paper on the floor then pasted to canvas
  • representational and abstract: combines organic forms and botanicals, creatures, and text but also dwelves off into a fantastical, unobservable realm

Pamela Buscema & Laiba Sarwar